INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND TELECOMMUNICATION COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES

ITT COMMITTEE MINUTES
May 19, 2004

ATTENDANCE: Gerald Foley, Larry Manzi, Dave Lepus, Frank Sarno, Rachelle Hayes, Dave Wrinn, Ed Schmidt, Tom Hamilton, Paula Palermo, Peter Berry, Ed Toth, Robert McGregor, Karen DelVecchio, Tom Schadlich, Craig Reichenbach, Al Kao, Ralph Val, John Lindquist.

Meeting was called to order at 1:05 pm

Minutes of May 5, 2004 were reviewed. No changes were made. Minutes were unanimously approved.

The Mayor appointed the following people to the interview subcommittee for the city
Telephony RFP: Ed Schmidt, Gerald Foley, Dave Wrinn, Tom Hamilton, Karen DelVecchio, Craig Reichenbach, John Lindquist, Betsy Bain.

City MAN status: Peter Berry said that site visits for vendors will be done on week of June 1st. The contract for pre-engineering is completed.

City Telephone System: Peter Berry is reviewing proposals. Seven proposals were received and they had mixed solutions. Tom Hamilton suggested that we meet will all vendors for one hour each. Gerald Foley suggested that we submit questions to vendors to help come up with a short list. All questions committee members have for vendors should be send to Gerald Foley.

Police Station Status: Cable, AV and Security Systems Integration are being reviewed and meet to discuss on June 2nd.

Brien McMahon Status: Need to interview phone system vendors to help decide what path to take.

2003 Active Directory Implementation: Transition plan still in discovery phase.

Cellular Telephones: Service to be upgraded to GSM technology. Gerald Foley said that there will be testing the push to talk option in the fall. No other updates.

Training: No recent training was conducted, but Paula Palermo said she is scheduling more for future dates. Legal department is moving to "MS Word". Paula Palermo and Karen DelVecchio are looking at scheduling and other training for city employees.

Remote Access Implementation: Fully operational including police. Hi-Link will be in to update license. Rachelle will be training the council members on remote access before the next council meeting. Discussion and issues of multiple login access remain.

Backup/Recovery has been approved and sent to the corporation councel. Karen Del Vecchio said the final version will go out today.

South Norwalk Library: Floor plans were reviewed. Received revised plans from the architect and the plans will be updated. Construction should begin in September.

Brookside School Bid #2124: SysCoNet Inc. was the lowest bidder. Craig reviewed detailed documentation of bids received. Craig moved to approve SysCoNet, Tom Hamilton seconded, and all were in favor.

Building Management Laptop: Dell laptop to replace loaner from IT department. Ed Schmidt moved to approve, Tom Hamilton seconded, and all were in favor.

Comptoller's Office Workstation: Request for workstation to replace old workstation. Karen DelVecchio said it was part of the Tech refresh. Ed Schmidt moved to approve, request was unanimously approved.

Ed Toth said he has been having problems with the voicemail and was not receiving his messages promptly. Gerald Foley said he has not heard of anyone having problems. Gerald will look into getting a resolution.

The meeting adjourned at 2:17 p.m.

Respectfully submitted
Larry Manzi

 

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